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mmsonline.com August 2017 MMS 141 MODERN EQUIPMENT REVIEW Spotlight: Grinding s h o r t c yc l e ti m e s, a n d h i g h ava i l a b i l i t y a n d versatility. Erwin Junker Machinery Inc., call 847-488-0406 or visit junker-usa.com. VERTICAL GRINDER'S AUTOMATIC CHUCK CHANGER INCREASES PRODUCTIVITY, QUALITY Taiyo Koki, a DMG MORI company, provides v e r t i c a l g r i n d i n g m a c h i n e s f o r a e r o - s p a c e , a u t o m o t i v e , heav y equipment and tooling manufacturers, including a super-high p r o d u c t i o n v e r t i c a l grinding machine featur- ing a two-place (PGV-2) or three-place (PGV-3) a u t o m a t i c c h u c k changer. The company says these machines boost productivity by increas- i n g s p i n d l e r u n t i m e a n d r e d u c i n g p a r t g r i n d i n g a n d l o ad i n g t i m e s . T h e c h u c k - change time is less than three seconds, with one part being changed out- side of the machine while the grinder is running. I t i s s a i d t h a t t h e machine's ability to grind i nte r n a l a n d ex te r n a l d i a m ete r s a n d f a c e s simultaneously can as much as double produc- t i v i t y , a n d t y p i c a l increases in spindle run time average between 10 and 15 percent. The machine enables multiple operations to be reduced to just one part chucking, improv- ing th e qu a lit y of th e p a r t b e c a u s e t h e process generates automatic concentricity between grinding operations. The part loading/unloading station simplifies manual or automatic part loading, and human or robotic loading methods can have easy access to the machine without opening or closing the machine door. DMG MORI USA Inc., call 847-593-5400 or visit dmgmori-usa.com. • High productivity with industry leading stock removal rates • Thickness, deviation, flatness and parallelism in the 1 µm range • Roughness values as low as Rz 0.5 µm • For all materials. From synthetics over steel and ceramics Stahli USA Inc. 505 Oakwood Road Lake Zurich, IL 60047 sales@stahliusa.com www.stahliusa.com Stahli DLM 2-Wheel-Flat-Honing